Worlds Collide

Chapter Thirty One

ROSELLA’S P.O.V
It was another day and summer had come to an end and both Carlsle and Esme had taken me to the Station and by the time we had gotten there, I soon found Draco before he walked up to us, “hey.” he said, “hey.” I said to him, “well, you should get on the train.” Carlisle said before I said goodbye to them and both Draco and I eventually got on the train and sat down together along with the others before and we spent the entire train ride talking about everything. By the time we made it to the school, everyone had noticed more people were arriving and I began to wonder who they were before we all started making our way inside the Castle and I made it to the Common Room for the time being and got changed into my robes. After getting changed into my Robes, I eventually left the Common Room with the other’s and made our way to the Great Hall and by the time we had gotten there, I sat next to Draco and talked about everything as we waited before Dumbldore finally spoke up to everyone, “now that we’re all settled in and sorted, I’d like to make an announcement. This Castle will not only be your home this year but home to some very special guests as well. You see, Hogwarts had been chosen-'' Dumbledore began to say before Mr. Filch had spoken to him about something before he made his way back to the Door before Dumbledore continued, “so, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event. The TriWizard Tournament. Now for those of you who do not know, the TriWizard Tournament brings together three schools for a series of Magical Contests. From each school, a single student is selected to compete. Now let me be clear, if chosen, you stand alone and trust me when I say, these contests are not for the faint Hearted. But more of that later, for now, please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and their Headmistress, Madam Maxime.” Dumbledore said before a group of girls walked into the Great Hall as they made an entrance and made their way to the front of the room. Not long after, Dumbledore had spoken up again, “and now, our friends from the north, please greet the proud sons of Durmstrang and their Highmaster, Igor Karkaroff.” Dumbledor said before they had made their entrance before Viktor Krum walked in after and once they had been seated, Dumbledore eventually began the fast and we all began to eat and I spent the entire time talking with Draco and Viktor for a while before Dumbledore eventually spoke up again and got everyone's attention, “your attention please. I’d like to say a few words. Eternal Glory, that is what awaits the student who wins the TriWizard Tournament. But to do this, that student must survive Three Tasks. Three extremely dangerous Tasks. For this reason, the Ministry had seen fit to impose a new rule. To explain all of this, we have the Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Mr. Bartamus Crouch.” he said before Mr. Crouch walked up before something began to happen to the ceiling. After a short while, someone managed to do something about it and saw that it was an older man as h shook hands with Dumbledore before Mr. Crouch walked up before he spoke, “after due consideration, the Ministry has concluded that for their own safety, no student under the age of 17 shall be allowed to put forth their names for the TriWizard Tournament. This decision is final.” Mr. Crouch tried saying as most of the others spoke up about it before Dumbledore spoke up, “SILENCE.” He said to everyone and everyone had stopped before he revealed something that stood in the front of the room.

After a few moments had passed, Dumbledor had spoken up again, “the Goblet of Fire. Anyone wishing to submit themselves into the Tournament, need only write their name upon a piece of Parchment and throw it in the flames before this hour on Thursday night. Do not do so lightly, if chosen there’s no turning back. As from this moment, the TriWizard Tournament had begun.” he said to everyone and after explaining it some more, he dismissed everyone from the Great Hall and everyone had left and made their way to their Common Rooms for the night and by the time Draco and I made it to the Common Room for the night, and the both of us continued to spend some time together before it got late and the both of us had decided to go to bed for the night. When the next day came around, it was the first day of classes and after getting up and getting ready for the day, I eventually left the Common Room with Draco before the both of us mad it to the Great Hall for Breakfast and had something to eat before we made our way to our first class of the day and by the time we made it to Defence Against the Dark Arts, both Draco and I sat next to each other and we talked before the class began once everyone had gotten there, “Alastor Moody. Ex Auror. Ministry Malcontent. And your new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. I am here because Dumbledore asked me. End of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?” he said and no one said anything before he continued, “when it comes to the Dark Arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you could tell me how many Unforgivable Curses there are?” he said to us, “three sir.” Hermione told him, “And they are so named?” he asked, “because they are Unforgivable. The use of any one of them will-” Hrmione began to say before Professor Moody spoke up, “a one way ticket to Azkaban, correct. Now the Ministry says that you’re too young to see what these Curses can do. I say different. You need to know what you’re up against. You need to be prepared. You need to find another place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk Mr. Finnegan.” he said before we all looked at Seamus, “no way. The old cader can see out the back of his head.” Seamus said before Professor Moody threw a piece of chalk at him, “And hear across classrooms. So, which Curse shall we see first?” he said before calling for Ron, “Weasley.” he said, “yes.” Ron said nervously, “stand.” Professor Moody said and Ron slowly stood up, “give us a curse.” he said to Ron, “well, my dad did tell me about one. The Imperious Curse.” Ron told him, “your father would know all about that. Gave the Ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why.” Professor Moody said before walking back to the front of the room and grabbed something from one of the containers he had before turning around with an insect in his hand and made it bigger before using the Curse on it ad started moving around and teasing everyone while some of us laughed a little before he calmed down a little, “talented isn’t she. Whatever shall I have her do next? Throw her out the window? Drawn herself?” He said before bringing it back to him, “scores of Witches and Wizards have claimed that they only did You-Know-Who’s bidding under the influence of the Imperious Curse. But here’s the rub, how do we sort out the Liars? Another, another.” he said and everyone started raising their hands.

After a short while, he eventually spoke up again and spoke to Neville, “Longbottom is it?” he asked and Neville nodded before he stood up, “Professor Sprout tells me you have an aptitude for Herbology.” he said to Neville and he nodded before speaking up, “there’s the Cruciatus Curse.” he said to Professor Moody, “correct, correct. Come.” he said to Neville and the both of them walked up to the front, “the Torture Curse.” Professor Moody mentioned before he started using it on the insect. After a few moments had passed, it started to bother Neville and Hermione had spoken up about it, “stop it. Can’t you see it's bothering him. Stop it.” she said to him and shortly after, Professor Moody stopped what he was doing and he walked over to Hermione before speaking up, “perhaps you could give us the last Unforgivable Curse Miss. Granger.” he said to her and she just shook her head before he ended up killing the insect in front of her, “the Killing Curse. Only one person is known to have survived it and he’s sitting in this room.” he said before walking up to Harry and after a few moments he continued with the class. After class was over, everyone had walked out of the room and I was walking with Draco as he both of us made our way to our next class and he brought me out of my thought’s when I heard him saying my name, “Rosella, are you alright?” he asked me, “yeah, I’m fine.” I told him, “you know you can tell me anything right” he said to me and  nodded, “yeah, I know.” I told him and the both of us eventually made it to our next class of the day and I spent the entire time thinking about earlier along with everything else that’s been happening recently. When classes were over for the day, I was sitting in the Common Room as I was lost in thought before I noticed someone sit down in front of me and saw that it was Draco before he spoke up, “alright, tell me what’s wrong.” he said to me, “is that what your brain goes to everytime you look at m?” I asked him, “not always.” He said to me, “I’ve just been thinking that’s all.” I told him, “what are you thinking about?” he asked me, “everything. It just feels off to me. Like there’s something going on behind all of it.” I told him, “I’m sure you’re not the only one. But there’s only so much you can do about it alright. So don’t stress out too much about it.” he said to me and the both of us just went on with our day before it got late and everyone started going to bed for the night and I spent most of the night thinking about everything before I finally fell asleep later that night.